Magic: The Gathering’s Star Trek crossover set is only weeks away, and on Tuesday, Wizards of the Coast revealed five new Star Trek Secret Lair Drops featuring reprints inspired by everything from The Wrath of Khan to run-of-the-mill Klingon warriors. A sixth Drop will be revealed later.

The standout, at least for Commander players, is a new Thrasios, Triton Hero, which costs around $20 in its other printings. For the Lower Decks Drop, Thrasios has been reimagined as “Tendi, Exploring the Future,” with art of the enthusiastic Starfleet officer hugging her genetically engineered pet, The Dog. Tendi biologically engineered The Dog in Lower Decks season 1. Though it looks like a normal canine, The Dog can shapeshift, spit lightning, talk, and walk on walls. The flavor text reads, “I did it! I updated the dog!” which is a direct line from Lower Decks.

A green-blue (Simic) legendary merfolk wizard, Thrasios costs one green and one blue mana for a 1/3 creature. Thrasios has a four-cost ability that lets you scry 1, reveal the top card of your library, and then play that card if it’s a land or draw it if it’s not. That makes for a cheap ramp engine that can be fairly explosive in landfall decks, but because it’s not a tap ability, that means you can use the ability as many times as you want as long as you have mana available in multiples of four.

The most useful and flexible thing about Thrasios is the Partner ability that lets you have two Commanders — as long as they both have Partner.

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